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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: mikma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: smoke
Nepali: dhūvāṃ.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ʔkùn
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: smoke
Sunwar: kun
Tulung: kujku (reduplication)
Kaling: 'mikmö ( < *mi-qun-mǝ?)
Limbu: mi-khōʔ
Kulung: mikma
Yamphu: mäkkhu
Comments: Toba 96 *mikma.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: mi-kho:ʔ
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: smoke
Derivation: [mi fire + < kha:kmaʔ condense cf. kha:kmiʔl, kha:k- wɛʔl, le:gha:k, migha:k, namdziʔkho:ʔ, nɛhikkhɔk] [?]
Comments: (with absolutive suffix: mi-kha:ʔ-in); cf. tɔmaʔ (1).
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: mäkkhu
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: smoke.
Nepali: dhūvā
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ghiw
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke; smell
Chinese: *khiws smell, fragrance, stench.
Tibetan: dku sweet scent; unpleasant scent.
Burmese: khǝwh smoke, LB *khǝwx.
Kachin: wan1-khut2 smoke, khu3 be smoky.
Lushai: khu (khūk) to smoke, mei-khu smoke, KC *khu (*-khut).
Lepcha: kŭn clouds of smoke; intense black
Kiranti: *ʔkù-n
Comments: PG *mi-ku; Kham kwī; Chepang kuʔ; Newari kuN; Pwo khu; Sgaw khü; BG: Garo wal-ku, Dimasa khu-di; Namsangia van-khu; Nung mǝö; Bunan, Thebor khu; Vayu ku-lu, Bahing ku-ni, Limbu me-ku; Digaro khau ~ khu; Miri mikui. Sh. 44, 427; Ben. 61, 134; Mat. 191, 195.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: chòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: khiws
Classic Old Chinese: khiwh
Western Han Chinese: khjǝwh
Eastern Han Chinese: khjǝwh
Early Postclassic Chinese: khjìw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjìw
Late Postclassic Chinese: khjìw
Middle Chinese: ćhǝ̀w
English meaning : smell, fragrance, stench
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вонь; вонять; провонять; вонючий; 2) дурной, недостойный; дрянной; бесполезный, негодный; 3) поссориться, поругаться; 4) очень крепко (сильно); [xiù] запах; нюхать, обонять
Comments: In MC there also exists a reading xǝ̀w (Mand. xiù) (Jiyün); it is interesting to note that standard Sino-Viet. renders it as khú'u. These are most probably dialectal variants of the original *khiw-s which gave the standard MC reflex ćhǝ̀w (note that Viet. thiu 'stale' is a colloquial reflex of the latter; the standard Sino-Viet. form is xú).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 132
Four-angle index: 4974
Karlgren code: 1088 a-b
Vietnamese reading: thiu
Jianchuan Bai: chu3
Dali Bai: chu3
Bijiang Bai: -ṭhü2
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1047
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 流開三去宥昌
ZIHUI: 5263 1538
Beijing: c̣hou 3
Jinan: c̣hou 3
Xi'an: c̣hou 3
Taiyuan: chou 3
Hankou: chou 3
Chengdu: chǝu 3
Yangzhou: chôɨ 3
Suzhou: chöy 31
Wenzhou: ćhiu 31
Changsha: c̣hôu 31
Shuangfeng: ćhiû 31
Nanchang: chɛu 2
Meixian: chu 3
Guangzhou: čhau 31
Xiamen: chiu 31
Chaozhou: chau 31
Fuzhou: chieu 31 (lit.); chau 31
Shanghai: chôɨ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: čhiou 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ḳwɨ̆́ŋħV
Meaning: smell; smoke
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *ḳ_wɨ̆nħV
Sino-Tibetan: *ghiw
Yenisseian: *gi(ʔ)ŋ
Basque: *(e=)kee
Comments and references : HGC 22, WFR 67.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳ_wɨ̆nħV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳ:ʷinhi
Proto-Tsezian: *qʷɨ (~*qo)
Proto-Lak: ḳuw
Proto-Dargwa: *k:aw
Proto-Lezghian: *k:un:
Proto-West Caucasian: *ʁʷA
Notes: A widely spread common NC root. Correspondences are fully regular. See Abdokov 1983, 101 (Tsez.: WC).
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ḳ:ʷinhi
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke
Avar: ḳ:uj
Chadakolob: ḳʷi
Andian language: ḳ:ʷoj
Akhvakh: ḳ:ʷī̃
Tindi: k:ʷĩ
Karata: ḳ:ũji (Tok.)
Bagvalal: ḳ:ũj
Comments: Cf. also Akhv. Tseg. ḳ:ũj. Av. paradigm A (ḳ:új-dul, ḳ:úja-l).
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *qʷɨ (~*qo)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke
Bezhta: qo
Gunzib: qo
Comments: PGB *qo.
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: ḳuw
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: soot
Lak form: ḳuw
Comments: 4th class. Cf. Khosr. ḳʷa (gen. ḳu-ra-l) id.
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *k:aw
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke
Akusha: gaw
Comments: Cf. also Ur. gaw, Gapsh. k:aw etc.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *k:un:
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 smoke 2 dust
Archi: gun 2
Udi: k:uin 1
Comment: Cf. also Arch. erg. gunne (for PL *-n:), Ud. (MSU) k:üjün. 4th class in Archi. An important Arch.-Ud. isogloss, lost in other Lezgian languages.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *ʁʷV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke
Abkhaz: á-l-ʕʷa
Abaza: lʕʷa
Adyghe: ʡʷǝ-ʁʷ
Kabardian: ʡʷǝ-ʁʷa
Ubykh: ʁʷa
Comments: PAT *lǝ-ʕʷa (for the etymology of *lǝ- see *Ła). PAK *ʡʷǝ́-ʁʷa - a compound with an unclear first component. Resemblance to PWC *ʁʷa 'yellow' is of course quite coincidental (despite Шагиров 2, 161).
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *giŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smell
Kottish: kiŋ
Comments: ССЕ 228. Werner 1, 428.
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *kee, *e=kee
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: smoke
Bizkaian: kee, ke, kei-
Gipuzkoan: kee, ke, kei-
High Navarrese: ke, ki, (Ulzama) eke
Low Navarrese: khe, (Baigorri) eke
Salazarese: eke
Lapurdian: khe, ike
Baztanese: eke
Aezkoan: eke
Zuberoan: khe
Roncalese: eke, (Vidángoz) kee
Comments: Cf. *kino 'bad taste' > BNV kino, LAB khino, ZBR khíño, RNC kĩo.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVKMV
Meaning : sky, cloud
Eurasiatic : *HaḳumV
Sino-Caucasian : *ḳwɨ̆́ŋħV
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *HaḳumV
Meaning: sky, cloud
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *akVm- (but 'stone' hardly here)
Uralic: *kumV
Kartvelian: *ḳwam-/ḳwm-
Dravidian: *kum-
References: ND 1067 *ḳümV(-Tä) 'fog, mist; cloud' (possibly also 1068a *ḲumʔV 'be hot, smoulder') . May be = *ḳUmV q.v.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *k(')em-er/n-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: sky, cloud
Hittite: kammara- c. 'Wolke, Dunst, Qualm, Rauch' (Tischler 472-473 without convincing etymologies)
Germanic: *xim-in-a-, *xim-il-a- m.
Russ. meaning: небо, облако
References: [Different in Pokorny]
Comments: Cf. *akm- (/-k'-) 'stone, rock, (heaven, cloud)' #24
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xim-in-a-, *xim-il-a- m.
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: { himin-s }
Old Norse: { himin-n }
Old English: heofon
English: heaven
Old Frisian: himul, himel
Old Saxon: himil; hevan
Middle Dutch: hēmel
Dutch: hemel
Middle Low German: hemmel; hēven
Old High German: himil (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: himel st. m. 'himmel; baldachin, trag-, thronhimmel'
German: Himmel m.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 401
Proto: *kumV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: cloud
German meaning: Wolke
Finnish: kumuri 'Wölkchen'
Mordovian: kovol (E) 'Wolke'
Komi (Zyrian): ki̮me̮r, ki̮me̮.r (S P) 'Wolke', ki̮med- (VO) 'заслонять свет'
Mansi (Vogul): χomχat- (So.) 'nebelig werden'
Hungarian: homály 'Finsternis, Dunkelheit; (altung.) finstere Wolke, Nebel'
Sammalahti's version: *kumala [warum *-la? - EH)
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ḳwam-/ḳwm-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: дымиться
English meaning: to smoke (intr.)
Georgian: ḳwm-; ḳwaml- 'smoke'
Megrel: ḳum-a
Megrel meaning (Rus.): дым
Megrel meaning (Eng.): smoke
Svan: ḳwām-; ḳwäm 'smoke'
Laz: mḳom-; ḳom-a 'smoke'
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 108-109, EWK 193-194. Интересно сравнить с алт. *k`oĺmV 'тень, облако' (связь с ПСК *ḳ_wɨ̆nħV 'дым' представляется менее вероятной).
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *kum-
Meaning : smell of embers, smoke
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *kumb-/*kUm-
Proto-Telugu : *kumm-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kum-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *kumb-/*kUm-
Meaning : hot, charred; smell of ashes
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : kumpu (kumpi-)
Tamil meaning : to become charred (as food when boiled with insufficient water)
Tamil derivates : kumpal smell of charred rice; kumpi hot ashes; kumur_u (kumur_i-) to burst with distress; kumai (-v-, -nt-) to be hot, sultry
Malayalam : kumpi, kumpiri
Malayalam meaning : mirage
Malayalam derivates : kumpal inward heat; kummu expr. descriptive of heat; kummal sultriness, mustiness; kumur_uka, kumir_uka to be hot, close; kumur_al oppressive heat; ? kukkuka to be hot; ? kuppu heat
Kannada : kome
Kannada meaning : to begin to burn, as fire or anger
Tulu : kumbi
Tulu meaning : mirage
Tulu derivates : gumulu fire burning in embers; gumuluni to be hot, feel hot as in a fit of fever
Number in DED : 1752
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *kumm-
Meaning : smouldering ashes
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : kummu
Additional forms : Also kumulu to smoulder, burn slowly underneath without flame, be consumed inwardly, grieve, pine
Number in DED : 1752
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kum-
Meaning : smoke
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *kum-
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *kum-
Meaning : smoke
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Koya Gondi : kumpōḍ (Su.)
Additional forms : Also Gondi_Hislop kum smoke
Number in DED : 1752
Number in CVOTGD : 763
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